On Saturday 20 March 2010 08:42:27 Terry Coles wrote: > has any one ever found an innovative software patent?
Wasn't Lempel-Ziv innovative, in its time ? the better points are surely 1 software patents are often not held by the innovators; 2 they last far too long and hamper /further/ innovation; 3 it is impossible in practice to avoid infringing them inadvertently; 4 algorithms are akin to theorems in logic or mathematics. Best wishes, John -- John Palmer Preston near Weymouth, Dorset, England e-mail: [email protected] (plain text preferred) website: http://www.palmyra.uklinux.net/ -- Next meeting: Bournemouth, Wed 2010-04-07 20:00 http://dorset.lug.org.uk/ http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2645413 Chat: http://www.mibbit.com/?server=irc.blitzed.org&channel=%23dorset List info: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/dorset
